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BRIEFS — FOR THE RECORD... 
by the Bulletin editors 
BALD EAGLE WEEKEND IS SET / Invitations have been extended IAS 
members and friends to attend the 2nd Annual “Bald Eagle Weekend,” 
scheduled to convene Saturday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. at Butterworth Center, 
1105 Eighth St., Moline. The event continues Sunday, Jan. 21, at 8 a.m. 
when the field trip (by car) departs for the Mississippi River under guidance 
of leaders of the Tri-City Bird Club which is sponsoring. Individuals are 
asked to make their own hotel arrangements, but additional information 
can be secured from Jacob Frink, club president, R.R. No. 2, Box 215, 
East Moline, Ill. or Elton Fawks, R.R. No. 1, Box 112, East Moline They 
remind readers that Illinois is a leading state for wintering Bald Eagle 
populations. 
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DISCOVERED: An URBAN ARBORETUM / A two-acre triangle of 
prairie land on the grounds of Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, 
Ill., suddenly has been found to contain at least 50 rare varieties of plant 
and animal life. College biology professors who have toured the area 
agree it would take an arboretum 50 to 75 years to create a similar display; 
accordingly, school officials are expected to preserve the area for an out- 
door classroom. 
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$500 GIFT TO SANCTUARY FUND! / An unusually-generous gift of 
$500 came into the IAS Sanctuary Fund this year from Mr. Harold F. Trapp 
of Lincoln, Ill., longtime Illinois resident who noted that “when my grand- 
parents left Scotland in 1850, they came directly to Woodstock and lived 
in a log cabin.” Mr. and Mrs. Trapp are members of IAS. 
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CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT REPORTS / From January 1965 
through June 1967, more than $4.7 million has reached the Land & Water 
Conservation Fund via sale by the federal government of the $7 “Golden 
Eagle” family passport to national recreation areas. In Illinois (where 
approved projects earn a 50 per cent reimbursement by the Fund of a 
project’s total cost), emphasis has been on land purchase. Among major 
projects so financed were the purchase of Beall Woods; the acquisition of 
conservation areas in LaSalle, Champaign, and Jasper counties; the pur- 
chase of 1,064 acres for a city park in Nashville in Southern Illinois, and 
the addition of land to Rock Cut State Park (Rockford), Kankakee River 
State Park (Wilmington), Giant City State Park (Makanda), and Cahokia 
Mounds State Park (Collinsville). 
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ELECTRONIC BIRD-WATCHING / The navigation methods of migra- 
tory thrushes will be studied electronically in a two-year study to be 
